COMPLETE NOTES OF UNIT -01 SUBJECT :- PHARMACEUTICS

1. Lecture-04
QUESTION:-
Q.1)- Enlist any 5 point of History of Profession of Pharmacy in India in
Relation to Organisation (Year 2016-2017)
Q.2)- Explain the development of profession of Pharmacy in india?(Year 2021-
22){07 Markes}
History of Profession of Pharmacy in India in Relation to Organisation:-
Some of the major development events related to Pharmacy organisations in
India are summarised below:
1) In 1898, the import of Sea Customs Act Goods with "false trade description"
was prevented.
2) In 1909, the Bengal Excise Act was implanted.
3) In 1912, the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) Prevention of
Adulteration Act was referred to adulteration of foods and drugs.
4) In 1914, the Punjab Excise Act was established.
5) In 1919, the Poison Act was implanted.
6) In 1919, the Bengal Food Adulteration Act, the Bihar and Orissa Prevention
of Adulteration Act, and the Madras Prevention of Adulteration Act (concerned
with food adulteration) were passed.
7) The first organised move to form a pharmaceutical society, the Calcutta
Chemists and Druggists Association was released on 3rd
November, 1920. In
1926, it changed its name to Bengal Chemists andDruggists Association.
8) In 1923, the pioneer organisation in the true sense of "Qualified
pharmacists" was formed by the Chemist and Druggists of Chennai region
under the banner of the Pharmaceutical Association. In 1925, this association
changed its name to Pharmaceutical Society of India and practiced the
pharmacy profession up to 1950.
9) To look into the problems of pharmacy in India and to recommend
themeasures to be taken, the Indian Government on 11th August,

2. 1930appointed a committee whose chairman was Late Col. R.N. Chopra.In
1931, this committee published its report in which it was reportedthat there
was no recognised specialised profession of Pharmacy and a set of people
known as compounders were filling the gap.
10) The Dangerous Drug Act and Drug Enquiry Committee under the
Chairmanship of Col. R.N. Chopra (Chopra Committee) were passed in 1930.
11) In January 1941, the first All India Pharmaceutical Conference was held at
Banaras.
12) Government introduced the Drugs Bill in 1940 to regulate the import,
manufacture, sale, and distribution of drugs in British India. This bill was later
accepted as the Drugs Act. 1940 which partly implants the Chopra Committee.
13) In 1945, the Drug and Cosmetic Act and Rules was established.
15) In 1946, the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) was
formed
16) In 1946, the Health Survey Development Committee (Bhore Committee)
reported table recommending 3-tier system of pharmacy education in India,
viz., diploma degree and technologists in pharmacy.
17) In 1948, the Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Association (IPCA) was
developed in Calcutta where in December 1948 its first annual conference was
held with Prof. M.L.. Shroff as a president elected.
18) The Indian Pharmacopoeial Committee was constituted in 1948 under the
chairmanship of Late Dr. B.N. Ghosh. With the enactment of the Pharmacy Act
1948, the statutory regulation of pharmacy institutions was established in
India.
19) In 1949, the Pharmacy Council of India was established.
20) In 1953, the first Education Regulations (ER) were framed which were
amended in 1972, 1981, and 1991.